Simpson Family Foundation
Minneapolis, MN · EIN 45-4035780. Reported 121 grants totalling $598,553 to 75 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Simpson Family Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $1,030. Half of everything it gave fell between $515 and $2,045; the smallest was $50 and the largest $71,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summit Academy Oic | Minneapolis, MN | $235,596 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| University of Minnesota Foundation | Minneapolis, MN | $141,589 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Mightycause Charitable Foundation | Marianna, FL | $80,068 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Northeast Youth and Family Services | St Paul, MN | $12,521 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Summit Foundation | Breckenridge, CO | $12,341 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Annunciation Church and School | Minneapolis, MN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Unicef USA | New York, NY | $7,840 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Building Hope Summit County | Frisco, CO | $7,622 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Academy of the Holy Angels | Richfield, MN | $7,182 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| National Repertory Orchastra | Breckenridge, CO | $5,010 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| City of Hope | Zion, IL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Summit County Care Clinic | Frisco, CO | $4,150 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Washburn High School Foundation | Minneapolis, MN | $3,119 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Andean Community Partners | Prior Lake, MN | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Achieve Twin Cities | Minneapolis, MN | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| National Repertory Orchestra | Breckenridge, CO | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Second Harvest Heartand | Brooklyn Park, MN | $2,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Ziggy's Art Bus | Minneapolis, MN | $2,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| North Point Inc | Grand Marais, MN | $2,045 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Summit Family and Intercultural Resource Center | Breckenridge, CO | $2,037 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Faith's Lodge | Plymouth, MN | $2,033 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Filmnorth | St Paul, MN | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Mission Haiti | Minneapolis, MN | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Bancroft PTO - Bancroft Elementary School | Minneapolis, MN | $1,850 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Fdn Inc | Dallas, TX | $1,560 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Team Breckenridge Sports Club | Breckenridge, CO | $1,518 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Arnold S Leonard Cancer Research Fund | Golden Valley, MN | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Father Dyer United Methodist Church | Breckenridge, CO | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Project Imprintz - Ziggy's Art Bus | Minneapolis, MN | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Smile Network | Minneapolis, MN | $1,299 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Minneapolis Institute of Art | Minneapolis, MN | $1,100 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Hawk Home Run Club | Las Cruces, NM | $1,070 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Africa Classroom Connection | Minneapolis, MN | $1,069 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Alzheimer's Association | Chicago, IL | $1,059 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| NAMI Minnesota | St Paul, MN | $1,054 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity | St Paul, MN | $1,053 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Protect Our Winters | Boulder, CO | $1,052 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Minnesota Zoo Foundation | Apple Valley, MN | $1,042 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Outfront Minnesota Community Services | St Paul, MN | $1,033 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Children's Health Care Foundation | Minneapolis, MN | $1,030 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Heartland Bible Church | Lincoln, NE | $1,030 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Raise the Barr | Hawthorne, CA | $1,030 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Summit County Rescue Group Inc | Breckenridge, CO | $1,030 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Utah Clean Energy Alliance Inc | Salt Lake City, UT | $1,030 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Every Meal | Roseville, MN | $1,023 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| St Jude's Children's Research Hospital | Memphis, TN | $1,020 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Northwest Passage Limited | Webster, WI | $1,015 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| American Red Cross | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Catholic Community Foundation of Minnesota | St Paul, MN | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Howard Young Foundation Inc | Woodruff, WI | $1,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Foundation | Boston, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Scott County Volunteer Fire Department | Spooner, WI | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Scott Volunteer Fire Department | Spooner, WI | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Webb Lake Area First Responders and Emts | Spooner, WI | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Women of Nations | St Paul, MN | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Colorado Gives Foundation | Arvada, CO | $780 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Trust for Public Land | San Francisco, CA | $530 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| American Heart Association Inc | Dallas, TX | $523 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Clean Water Fund | Washington, DC | $515 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Youthlink Mn | Minneapolis, MN | $515 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Blue River Horse Center | Silverthorne, CO | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Greater Minneapolis Crisis Nursery | Minneapolis, MN | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hennepin Theatre Trust | Minneapolis, MN | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mn Department of Natural Resources | Saint Paul, MN | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mn Conservation Volunteer | Minneapolis, MN | $300 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Smart Bellies | Breckenridge, CO | $261 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Minneapolis Parks Foundation | Minneapolis, MN | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Union Gospel Mission | St Paul, MN | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Patriotic Kenny Foundation | Willernie, MN | $220 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Lhcs PTA | Minneapolis, MN | $213 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sharing & Caring Hands | Minneapolis, MN | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Patrick Henry High School | Minneapolis, MN | $123 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Church of St Joan of Arc | Minneapolis, MN | $103 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | Saint Paul, MN | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| City Market Food Shelf | Breckenridge, CO | $50 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
26 of 75 (35%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 38%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Summit Academy Oic
SUPPORT INDIVIDUALS IN THE COMMUNITY - University of Minnesota Foundation
SUPPORT U OF M TWIN CITIES AND U OF M DULUTH - Unicef USA
SUPPORT HUMANITARIAN EFFORTS - Summit Foundation
SUPPORT SUMMIT COUNTY COMMUNITIES - Andean Community Partners
SUPPORT HEALTH SERVICES IN PERU - Bancroft PTO - Bancroft Elementary School
SUPPORT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 76 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 30 | $53,387 | $1,000 |
| 2022 | 23 | $140,597 | $1,020 |
| 2023 | 24 | $113,953 | $1,000 |
| 2024 | 24 | $155,817 | $1,035 |
| 2025 | 20 | $134,799 | $1,925 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
75% of its giving went to organizations in Minnesota. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $1,030. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Minnesota.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Simpson Family Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: 4501 E Lake Harriet Parkway, Minneapolis, MN, 55419. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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